The Release Manager, reporting to the Release Management team, is responsible for the planning, scheduling, and control of software development and delivery in a DevOps environment. This role involves managing the DevOps team, coordinating between IT operations and developers, and ensuring timely and budget-compliant releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Release Lifecycle Management: Oversee the entire release process, including scheduling, coordinating between teams, and deploying releases.
• Team Coordination: Work closely with development, testing, and production teams to ensure smooth coordination and update project-related information.
• Planning & Scheduling: Plan releases, create deployment strategies, and ensure alignment with the project timeline and budget.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks to avoid delays, ensuring scope, schedule, and quality are maintained.
• Communication: Act as a bridge between teams to communicate plans, timelines, and resource requirements effectively.
• Go-Live & Post-Release: Lead Go-Live activities, manage deployment, and conduct release readiness and milestone reviews.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide weekly updates on release activities.
• Ensure proper allocation of Release Engineers to releases.
• Schedule and lead CAB (Change Advisory Board) meetings to discuss release schedules and resolve issues.
• Improve release management processes, build release-related documentation, and ensure proper use of tools.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of DevOps practices.
• Experience in planning, tracking, and managing software releases.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and risk management abilities.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in release methodologies and tools.

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